Press Releases

ACLU of Wisconsin to Launch Know Your Rights Tour

Events aim to empower the Milwaukee community with knowledge about their rights during police interactions.

ACLU of Wisconsin Condemns State Assembly Vote to Pass Anti-Trans Legislative Package

The Wisconsin State Assembly passed Assembly Bills 377, 378, and 465 — legislation that would exclude trans student athletes and bar trans youth from accessing gender-affirming healthcare.

ACLU of Wisconsin Voices Support for Anti-Shackling Legislation

A statewide ban on the shackling of incarcerated pregnant people is long overdue.

ACLU of Wisconsin Calls Anti-Transgender Healthcare Bill An Attack on The Rights of Youth

A gender-affirming care ban for trans youth is circulating the Wisconsin Legislature, another attack on crucial healthcare.

ACLU of Wisconsin Applauds Return of Reproductive Freedom For Wisconsinites

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed abortion care today at their Walter Street and Madison East locations.

Following Legislative Floor Sessions, ACLU of Wisconsin Denounces Wave of Partisan Stunts Fracturing Democracy

What we have seen in the last week demonstrates that Wisconsin’s democracy is in dire straits. Some politicians have demonstrated a growing willingness to overlook – or even overturn – the will of the voters in service of their own interests.

ACLU of Wisconsin Calls Potential Impeachment of Supreme Court Justice an Attack on Democracy

Some extremist politicians in the Wisconsin Legislature seem willing to abuse their authority to overturn the will of the voters and impeach a duly-elected Supreme Court Justice.

Organizations Condemn Police Brutality in Kenosha, Call for Independent Investigation

The ACLU of Wisconsin, All in Wisconsin, Leaders of Kenosha, and Black Leaders Organizing For Communities (BLOC) issued the following joint statement regarding the egregious assault and arrest of an innocent Black man by Kenosha Police.